NON COOPERATION MOVEMENT AND KHILAFAT AANDOLAN Flashcards
In early 1919, a Khilafat Committee was formed under the leadership of the ________ to force the British government to change its attitude towards Turkey.
- Ali brothers (Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali)
- Maulana Azad
- Ajmal Khan
- Hasrat Mohani
Who was the President of the All India Khilafat Committee?
Gandhi, who was the president of the Khilafat Committee, saw in the issue a platform from which mass and united non cooperation could be declared against the Government.
Development of the All India Khilafat Non Cooperation Programme?
At the All India Khilafat Conference held in Delhi in November 1919, a call was made for the boycott of British goods.
Congress and Muslim League stand on Khilafat Question?
- Gandhi was in favour of launching satyagraha and non-cooperation against the government on the Khilafat issue, the Congress was not united on this form of political alliance with Muslim action.
- Tilak was opposed to having an alliance with Muslim leaders over a religious issue and he was also-sceptical of satyagraha as an instrument of politics.
- There was opposition to some of the other provisions of the Gandhi’s non-cooperation programme also, such as boycott of councils. Later, however, Gandhi was able to get the approval of the Congress for his programme of political action and the Congress felt inclined to support a non-cooperation programme on the Khilafat question because:-
- it was felt that this was a golden opportunity to cement Hindu-Muslim unity and to bring, Muslim masses into the national movement.
- the Congress was losing faith in constitutional struggle, especially after the Punjab incidents and the blatantly partisan Hunter Committee Report.
- the Congress was aware that the masses, were eager to give expression to their discontent.
- The Muslim League also decided to give full support to the Congress and its agitation on political questions.
Treaty of Sevres?
May 1920 The treaty of Sevres with Turkey, signed in May 1920, completely dismembered Turkey.
June 1920 An all-party conference at Allahabad approved a programme of boycott of schools, colleges and law courts, and asked Gandhi to lead it.
August 31, 1920 The Khilafat Committee started campaign of non-cooperation and the movement was formally Iaunched. Tilak had, incidentally, breathed his last on August 1, 1920.
September 1920 At a special session in Calcutta, the Congress approved a non-cooperation programme till the Punjab and Khilafat wrongs were removed and swaraj was established. The programme was to include—
- boycott of government schools and colleges.
- boycott of law courts and dispensation of justice through panchayats instead.
- boycott of legislative councils (there were some differences over this as some leaders like C.R. Das were not willing to include a boycott of councils, but bowed to Congress discipline; these leaders boycotted elecfions held in November 1920 and the majority of the voters too stayed away).
- boycott of foreign cloth and use of khadi instead; aIso practice of hand-spinning to be done.
- renunciation of government honours and titles; the second phase could include mass civil disobedience including resignation from government service, and non payment of taxes.
Who presided over the special session in Calcutta session of INC in September 1920 when non cooperation programme was approved?
Lala Lajpat Rai.
December 1920 Nagpur session of Indian National Congress?
- The programme of non- cooperation was endorsed.
- An important change was made in the Congress creed: now, instead of having the attainment of self-government through constitutional means as its goal, the Congress decided to have the attainment of swaraj through peaceful and Iegitimate means, thus committing itself to an extra-constitutional mass struggle.
- Some important organisational changes were made: a congress working committee (CWC) of 15 members was set up to lead the Congress from now onwards; provincial congress committees on linguistic basis were organised; ward committees was organised; and entry fee was reduced to four annas.
- Gandhi declared that if the non-cooperation programme was implemented completely, swaraj would be ushered in within a year.
At this stage some leaders like Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Annie Besant, G.S. Kharpade and B.C. Pal left the Congress as they believed in a constitutional and lawful struggle.
Who founded the Indian National Liberal Federation?
Surendranath Banerjee founded the Indian National Liberal Federation after he left Congress after the 1920 Nagpur session of INC.
Khilafat Non Cooperation Movement
1. Educational institutions were organised under the leadership of Acharya Narendra Dev, C.R. Das, Lala Lajpat Rai, Zakir Hussain, Subhash Bose (who became the principal of National College at Calcutta) and included Jamia Millia at Aligarh, Kashi Vidyapeeth, Gujarat Vidyapeeth and Bihar Vidyapeeth.
2. Many lawyers gave up their practice, some of whom were Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, C.R. Das, C. Rajagopalachari, Saifuddin Kitchlew, Vallabhbhai Patel, Asaf Ali, T. Prakasam and Rajendra Prasad.
3. The Tilak Swaraj Fund was oversubscribed and one crore rupees collected.
4. Congress volunteer corps emerged as the parallel police.
True/false?
- True
- True
- True
- True
In July 1921, the Ali brothers gave a call to the Muslims to resign from the Army because?
It was unreligious.
During Non Cooperation Khilafat Movement a no-tax movement against union board taxes in _____ and in ______ was going on.
Midnapore (Bengal) and in Guntur (Andhra Pradesh).
Tea strikes during Non Cooperation Khilafat Movement?
In Assam, strikes in tea plantations, steamer services and Assam Bengal railways had been organised. J.M. Sengupta was a prominent leader in these strikes.
Local struggles that emerged during the Non Cooperation Khilafat Movement?
The spirit of Defiance and unrest gave rise to many local struggles such as Awadh Kisan Movement (UP), Eka Movement (UP), Mappila Revolt (Malabar) and the Sikh agitation for the removal of mahants in Punjab.
People’s Respones to Non Cooperation Khilafat Movement?
1. Middle class
2. Business class
3. Peasants
4. Students
5. Women
6. Hindu-Muslim unity
- Middle class– limited participation
- Business class– supported
- Peasants– massively participated
- Students– became active volunteers of the movement and thousands of them left schools and colleges.
- Women– gave up purdah and offered their ornaments for the Tilak Fund. Took active participation in picketing.
- Hindu-Muslim unity– massive participation of Muslims. Gandhi and other leaders addressed the Muslim masses from mosques, and Gandhi was even allowed to address meetings of Muslim women in which he was the only male who was not blind-folded.